GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — As part of disease reporting data, first responders and healthcare providers will start reporting overdoses to the Grant County Health District.
According to GCHD, reporting both fatal and non-fatal overdoses will help the district better understand and respond to overdoses in the community.
Overdoses will be reported to GCHD within 48 hours. The report will include information such as location, what drug, and whether naloxone was used.
GCHD says understanding drug trends and overdose activity will help the district better respond with prevention, intervention and treatment.
The change was made as overdoses aren’t reportable conditions in Washington. This meant overdose data was part of a statewide dashboard that had long reporting delays.
Grant County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny added overdoses as a reportable condition starting this year and it was approved by the Grant County Board of Health.
“As overdose deaths continue to rise in Grant County, it is timely that we make overdose a reportable condition,” said Dr. Brzezny. “This change will provide us with critical information on how to most appropriately respond to overdoses and find the areas where they happen most. I am grateful to my colleagues and partners for supporting the collection of this critical data that will help make Grant County a safer and healthier place.”
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